September 20, 2021 – आवारा मुसाफिर

Austria will require masks, COVID-19 passes for ski lifts

September 20, 20211178 Views

Austria will require protective face masks and COVID-19 passes for the use of ski lifts this winter as it tries to attract foreign skiers for the first time in two years and also prevent coronavirus outbreaks. The conservative-led government outlined the rules for the coming season at a news conference that underlined the importance of reviving tourism, which directly contributes about 5% of economic output in Austria. FILE PHOTO: Skiers practise COVID-19 social distancing on a chairlift in Flachau, Austria January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger The new rules stop short of requiring all skiers to be vaccinated and left many details unclear even though public frustration over confusing coronavirus rules has grown. "This year there will definitely be winter holidays in Austri...

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The Canaries are safe, volcano is a great show, says Spanish Tourism minister

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September 20, 2021483 Views

While thousands flee as lava streams destroy homes, hundreds of tourists evacuated The Canary Islands are safe to visit and a volcano eruption there is a "wonderful show", Spanish Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said on Monday, just hours after 5,000 people, including hundreds of tourists, had to be evacuated. The volcano - the archipelago's first eruption in 50 years - blew on Sunday, spouting lava hundreds of metres into the air, engulfing houses and sending molten rock towards the Atlantic Ocean across a sparsely populated area of La Palma, the most northwestern island in the archipelago. Lava destroyed atleast 100 houses. A house burns due to lava from the eruption of a volcano in the Cumbre Vieja national park at Los Llanos de Aridane, on the Canary Island of La Palma, Septemb...

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U.S. will re-open to vaccinated international travelers

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September 20, 2021448 Views

Travelers from India, China, Britain will be allowed as well The United States will re-open to air passengers from China, India, Britain and many other European countries who have received COVID-19 vaccines in early November, the White House said Monday, rolling back tough pandemic-related travel restrictions that started early last year. FILE PHOTO: Passengers walk past artwork between terminals at IAH George Bush Intercontinental Airport amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Houston, Texas, U.S. REUTERS/Adrees Latif The White House plans to allow non-U.S. citizen travelers from countries who have been barred from the United States since early 2020 as it moves to the new requirements, White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients said. The U.S. restri...

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An adventure lover’s guide to Seychelles

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September 20, 20211687 Views

Nothing puts you in touch with adventure and the grand diversity of this archipelago like island-hopping. Mahé, Praslin and La Digue are the principal islands but there are many others to enjoy as well. In contrast to the mountainous Inner Islands, Bird and Denis Islands to the north are flat coral island outposts offering wild nature at its finest while Frégate to the east and the Outer Islands of Desroches and Alphonse are the ultimate remote tropical getaways. Island-hopping around the Seychelles archipelago, introduces you to the incredible diversity of these islands. View of Grand Anse Beach in Seychelles from Granite top. Photo: Torsten Dickmann A network of air and sea connections places these islands within easy reach, with excursions by local operators offering the ch...

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Chardham Yatra guidelines need to be simplified

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September 20, 20211029 Views

People associated with the Chardham Yatra on Monday demanded simplification of the guidelines related to the pilgrimage, citing practical problems being faced by pilgrims. Hemkund Sahib Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee vice president Narinderjit Singh Bindra and Chardham Yatra joint rotation committee chief Sudhir Roy said some complexities in the standard operating procedure (SOP) issued recently on the yatra need to be addressed and simplified for the convenience of pilgrims. "The SOP asks pilgrims to complete all formalities regarding the yatra well in advance and at the same time asks them to show a negative RT-PCR test report not older than 72 hours on arrival. How can a pilgrim who registers for the yatra two weeks in advance produce a negative test report not older than 72 ...

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Butterfly festival sensitises travelers on winged beauties of the wilderness

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September 20, 2021533 Views1

India Tourism Delhi hosts influencers at ‘Titli Tyar’ in Corbett landscape Corbett National Park in the terai belt of Uttarakhand has long been all about tigers and to some extent wild elephants. The tiger sighting craze of wildlife tourism has lot to do with exploitation of our jungles. Besides, national parks and landscapes like Corbett have long faced the brunt of all negative trends because of their proximity to northern cities, where all travel hungry, party crazy city dwellers will ‘love’ to spend their weekends. There have been many wrongs, and now some serious efforts are being done to turn few of them right. Need was to shift focus on other aspects of nature in and around the national park. Titli Tyar is one of them. But it is a job not possible for any one singlehanded...